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Types of species
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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from Communities
This is the term for the number of different species that make up a community

3. $100 Answer from Communities
Species diversity/richness

4. $200 Question from Communities
This is the term for the differences in physical appearance at boundaries between ecosystems

5. $200 Answer from Communities
Edge effects

6. $300 Question from Communities
List 2 of the 4 factors that affect biodiversity in communities

7. $300 Answer from Communities
Latitude
Depth
Pollution
Dissolved O2 content

8. $400 Question from Communities
This is the term for number of niches, how they compare, and how they interact in a community

9. $400 Answer from Communities
Niche structure

10. $500 Question from Communities
This is the term for the “mosaic” of vegetation found in most large communitites

11. $500 Answer from Communities
Patch effect

12. $100 Question from Types of Species
These types of species that normally live & thrive in a particular ecosystem

13. $100 Answer from Types of Species
Native species

14. $200 Question from Types of Species
This type of species have broad niches, can live many places, use a variety of resources.
And give an example!

15. $200 Answer from Types of Species
Generalist species
Ex: humans, cockroaches, coyotes, dandelions

16. $300 Question from Types of Species
The emerald beetle is an example of this type of species

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Invasive species

18. $400 Question from Types of Species
These species play key roles in their ecosystems due to their interactions with other species

19. $400 Answer from Types of Species
Keystone species

20. $500 Question from Types of Species
Scientists observe these species to determine the overall health of an ecosystem

21. $500 Answer from Types of Species
Indicator species

22. $100 Question from Species Interactions
This is competition between members of 2 or more different species

23. $100 Answer from Species Interactions
Interspecific competition

24. $200 Question from Species Interactions
This interaction benefits one species, and the second is neither helped or harmed

25. $200 Answer from Species Interactions
Commensalism

26. $300 Question from Species Interactions
Give 1 example of an adaptation prey uses to avoid capture

27. $300 Answer from Species Interactions
Camouflage
Warning colors
Speed/endurance
Chemical warfare
Mimicry
Etc…

28. $400 Question from Species Interactions
List the 3 ways species divide up resources during resource partitioning

29. $400 Answer from Species Interactions
Using at different times
Using in different places
Using in dfferent ways

30. $500 Question from Species Interactions
Give an example of 2 species in a mutualist relationship

31. $500 Answer from Species Interactions
Clownfish & amemone
Oxpeckers & rhino
Sucker fish & shark
Etc…

32. $100 Question from Succession
These are the first organisms to colonize any newly available area and begin the process of ecological succession

33. $100 Answer from Succession
Pioneer species

34. $200 Question from Succession
This is the gradual reestablishment of biotic communities in an area where a biotic community was previously present. Also known as “old field succession”

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Secondary succession

36. $300 Question from Succession
This is the term for the final and stable community in an ecosystem

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Climax community

38. $400 Question from Succession
This is the ability of an ecosystem to resist being disturbed

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Inertia or persistence

40. $500 Question from Succession
This states that moderate disturbances in communities promote greater species diversity than small of major disturbances

41. $500 Answer from Succession
Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis

42. $100 Question from Potpourri
This is the number of moons that Mars has

43. $100 Answer from Potpourri2

44. $200 Question from Potpourri
This is the average lifespan of a human eyelash

45. $200 Answer from Potpourri
5 months

46. $300 Question from Potpourri
This is the name of the unit of time that is 1/100th of a second

47. $300 Answer from Potpourri
A jiffy

48. $400 Question from Potpourri
This actor, who played Sonny in The Godfather, won New York City’s “Italian of the Year” award 2 years in a row, even though he is Jewish

49. $400 Answer from Potpourri
James Caan

50. $500 Question from Potpourri
These exist inside Mexican jumping beans, and are responsible for their jumping

51. $500 Answer from Potpourri
Moth larvae

52. Final Jeopardy
This is the species of protist that was used in a famous experiment to determine the effects of competition on a species

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
Paramecium